Sources tell Golf Digest that Scott O’Neil, a sports and entertainment executive, is expected to be hired as the league’s chief executive, replacing Greg Norman in that role, with a formal announcement to come in the next month.
Until he serves the suspensions – believed to total about nine weeks – that went along with the payment of his reportedly seven-figure fines, Garcia will be unable to tee up on the DP World Tour.
He’s not blaming everything on the LIV Golf schedule, but Smith does think a links event on the circuit’s 2025 calendar heading into The Open at Royal Portrush might be the perfect addition to the fledgling league.
An 18-hole made-for-TV spectacle featuring Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau that was announced last month will take place on December 17 at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas, according to a press release.
Ripper GC skipper Cam Smith – fresh off a quarter-final bye – laid the foundations for a sizzling semi-final showdown against Sergio Garcia’s Fireballs outfit at the LIV Golf Team Championship in Dallas.
“Some PGA Tour players” reportedly want LIV players to pay back the huge sums given to them by LIV Golf before being granted a return to their former employer.
The season-long championship came with plenty of goodies, including a $US22 million winner’s cheque, but none more unique as the diamond-studded ring/ball marker gifted to Rahm after his big win.
[PHOTO: Quinn Harris] When Jon Rahm made his highly publicised move to LIV Golf last December, it is unlikely he pictured the following scenario – that he would claim the league’s season-long individual championship at LIV Golf Chicago on the same day that Rory McIlroy would be trying to win the DP World Tour’s Irish Read more…
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